Safety

At Don Chapin Construction Inc., safety is our number one priority. Ensuring the safety of our employees, communities and the environment is our most important duty—and everything we do is based on this foundation. Our goal is “zero” workplace injuries and to create an atmosphere of healthy and productive employees through a supportive workplace environment.

We use internal and external resources to focus on health promotion and illness prevention, short- and long-term disability management, employee and family assistance counseling programs, safety committees, illness/injury reporting and health issue management. Our safety team focuses on the individual as part of the community.  Through training, mentoring, monitoring, and collaboration, the safety department enables a healthy, productive, and inclusive work environment. We view safety as a partnership between the company and the employee.  

At DCCI we ask our employees to:

• Comply with the safety rules and regulations relevant to their work;
• Intervene to prevent unsafe conditions; and
• Be “our brother’s keeper” and respect communities in which we work.

Working with our employees requires understanding the context in which activities are conducted within.  To better understand and identify risks associated with construction activities, our safety department has mobile resources and inventory that meets the needs at the time of need.  We periodically refresh personal protective equipment on the job site, outfitting employees with the tools and safety gear they need as the job is performed.  This gives our company a unique perspective in understanding how PPE functions and to obtain feedback on the types of equipment and to continually identify risks as job hazards change.